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Has anyone else noticed Benedict's note in interviews about possibly playing regular "home" Football games at MetLife or Yankee Stadium? I just read this in the NH Register's story about Big 12 and AAC Media Days-
Benedict, however, did address the possibility of playing “home” football games in New York which is another rumor picking up steam in recent days.
“There’s been work and some conversations,” Benedict said. “That is something that certainly we need to look at as an opportunity. The New York market is important to us in a lot of different ways. We have a lot of alums there and it is an opportunity to put ourselves on a national stage and attract opponents to play us in that type of environment that we might not be able to attract otherwise. We are aware of those opportunities, we’ve had conversations with the folks that potentially could partner with us to put some of those games on.”
Listen, I'd pretty much do anything to get into a P5 conference at this point, but first of all doesn't the State of Connecticut have some kind of rule on UConn playing "home" games outside of Rentschler Field because it was built using state tax payer dollars? That was the argument against us playing at the Meadowlands or Gillette Stadium when Michigan came to town in 2013- right? And, second, why the hell would the University of CONNECTICUT play a "home" game against anyone in NEW JERSEY???!!! I don't care if we're playing Ala-friggin-bama, we play our home games at The Rent. Period.
I know he was just trying to use the market to our advantage in his quote here (and I know we always love to talk about it and we need the NYC market, for media, etc.) but for him not to advocate for us playing here on our home turf, expanding the stadium (which can be done), and bolstering the fan base here in the state is kind of foolish IMO. Granted he's new here, and he's trying... I don't know abotu you guys- but I'd much rather be able to drive to The Rent, tailgate and enjoy a Saturday watching our boys win here in CT than drive/taking the train to NYC or New Jersey for a game.
Am I just blowing this out of proportion here? Thoughts?
Benedict, however, did address the possibility of playing “home” football games in New York which is another rumor picking up steam in recent days.
“There’s been work and some conversations,” Benedict said. “That is something that certainly we need to look at as an opportunity. The New York market is important to us in a lot of different ways. We have a lot of alums there and it is an opportunity to put ourselves on a national stage and attract opponents to play us in that type of environment that we might not be able to attract otherwise. We are aware of those opportunities, we’ve had conversations with the folks that potentially could partner with us to put some of those games on.”
Listen, I'd pretty much do anything to get into a P5 conference at this point, but first of all doesn't the State of Connecticut have some kind of rule on UConn playing "home" games outside of Rentschler Field because it was built using state tax payer dollars? That was the argument against us playing at the Meadowlands or Gillette Stadium when Michigan came to town in 2013- right? And, second, why the hell would the University of CONNECTICUT play a "home" game against anyone in NEW JERSEY???!!! I don't care if we're playing Ala-friggin-bama, we play our home games at The Rent. Period.
I know he was just trying to use the market to our advantage in his quote here (and I know we always love to talk about it and we need the NYC market, for media, etc.) but for him not to advocate for us playing here on our home turf, expanding the stadium (which can be done), and bolstering the fan base here in the state is kind of foolish IMO. Granted he's new here, and he's trying... I don't know abotu you guys- but I'd much rather be able to drive to The Rent, tailgate and enjoy a Saturday watching our boys win here in CT than drive/taking the train to NYC or New Jersey for a game.
Am I just blowing this out of proportion here? Thoughts?
